Recent Safety Alerts
Finger injury during wire transfer operations
Crush injury to vessel crew members finger during wire transfer operations
View AlertMethanol Transfer
Discrepancies in quantities of methanol transfers and unobserved spills to sea.
View AlertWater Based Mud Spill on Deck
Water Based Mud spill on PSV during transfer operation offshore.
View AlertPDO – Nets v Tarpaulins for Covering Cargo Carrying Units
Potential Dropped Object during cargo operations leads to assessment in suitability of Nets compared to Tarpaulins for covering open top cargo covering units.
View AlertRecent News & Events
May 2020 All Members Meeting – CANCELLATION
20/03/2020Following consideration of the present Government Guidance in relation to the management of the current COVID-19 Pandemic, it has been decided with regret to cancel the May All Members Meeting. We look forward to the meeting planned for 5th November…
Read MoreGOMO Chapter Revisions
28/02/2020To all GOMO users and subscribers, General update: The review of GOMO is ongoing and in order to simplify this process and subsequent release plan we have made the document available as separate chapter and appendix downloads as well as…
Read MoreAward for Maritime Safety Offshore Safety Awards 2020
29/01/2020The Marine Safety Forum are delighted to announce that for the second year we will be sponsoring the Award for Maritime Safety at the Offshore Safety Awards. Candidates should be a seafarer serving onboard a vessel actively engaged in supporting…
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The Carriage of…
The Marine Safety Forum in conjunction with the Oil Companies International Marine Forum published the…
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Marine Responsible Person
The first edition of the "Marine Responsible Person" guideline document as part of the 500…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Guidance and…
MSF COVID19 Guidance The attached guidance has been produced to provide helpful guidance and matters…
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Guard Vessel Inspection
Please note the following updates to the Guard Vessel Pre- Hire Inspection template 2.2 Additional…
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A Standard global approach to encourage good practice and safe vessel operations in the offshore energy sector.
The International Guidelines for Offshore Marine Operations (GOMO) document was officially launched in the UK on the 11th November 2013 and in Norway on 1st June 2014 and was the product of the GOMO work group – details of which are contained within the document.
Full details can be found on the GOMO website http://g-omo.info/